we heard no way, no how, with rates rise to the clinton era levels on the highest earners in this country. that has happened because it's the right policy and the right thing to do. we need to do this in a balanced way. late last year, the speaker claimed he had a plan to raise up to $800 billion in revenue. through tax reform. from the wealthiest americans. presumably that is because the tax code is filled with the loopholes and special deductions that we can eliminate or close. or limit. if that was the right policy two months ago, how is it not the right policy now. how can you say we'll cut education funding and cut medicare further than we have to. simply to protect the special breaks that the wealthy get or corporations get that normal folks don't get or small businesses don't get? it doesn't make sense. not good policy. you know, we are going to work with the republicans to try to achieve additional balanced deficit reduction. not just because the president thinks it's the right thing to go. but what the american people think is the right way to go as we learned last year in the el